{"id":25718,"date":"2016-02-25T08:55:05","date_gmt":"2016-02-25T14:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=25718"},"modified":"2016-02-25T08:44:53","modified_gmt":"2016-02-25T14:44:53","slug":"today-in-history-167","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=25718","title":{"rendered":"Today In History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Today in History: Thursday, February\u00a0 25, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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AP Highlight in History:<\/span>
\nOn Feb. 25, 1948, Communists seized power in Czechoslovakia.
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1570<\/td>\nPope Pius V excommunicated England’s Queen Elizabeth I.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1836<\/td>\nInventor Samuel Colt patented his revolver.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1870<\/td>\nHiram Revels, a Mississippi Republican, was sworn in as the first black member of the U.S. Senate.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1901<\/td>\nUnited States Steel Corp. was incorporated by J.P. Morgan.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1913<\/td>\nThe 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, giving Congress the power to levy and collect income taxes, was declared in effect.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1943<\/td>\nBeatles guitarist George Harrison was born in Liverpool, England.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1950<\/td>\n“Your Show of Shows” debuted on NBC.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1956<\/td>\nSoviet leader Nikita Khrushchev harshly criticized the late Josef Stalin in a speech before a Communist Party congress in Moscow.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1964<\/td>\nCassius Clay (who later changed his name to Muhammad Ali) became the world heavyweight boxing champion by defeating Sonny Liston in Miami Beach.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1983<\/td>\nPlaywright Tennessee Williams was found dead at age 71.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1986<\/td>\nPresident Ferdinand E. Marcos fled the Philippines after 20 years of rule in the wake of a tainted election. Corazon Aquino assumed the presidency.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1990<\/td>\nNicaraguans voted in an election that led to victory for opponents of the ruling Sandinistas.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1991<\/td>\nAn Iraqi Scud missile hit a U.S. barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, killing 28 Americans during the Persian Gulf War.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1999<\/td>\nA jury in Jasper, Texas, sentenced white supremacist John William King to death for the dragging death of James Byrd Jr., an African-American man.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Today’s Birthdays:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actress Rashida Jones (“Parks and Recreation”) turns 40 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Monte Irvin<\/td>\nBaseball Hall of Famer<\/td>\n97<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bob Schieffer<\/td>\nBroadcast journalist<\/td>\n79<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Karen Grassle<\/td>\nActress (“Little House on the Prairie”)<\/td>\n74<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jack Handey<\/td>\nAuthor, former TV writer (“Saturday Night Live”)<\/td>\n67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jeff Fisher<\/td>\nFootball coach<\/td>\n58<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Veronica Webb<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n51<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alexis Denisof<\/td>\nActor (“Angel”)<\/td>\n50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tea Leoni<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carrot Top<\/td>\nComedian<\/td>\n49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sean Astin<\/td>\nActor (“Lord of the Rings” movies)<\/td>\n45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Julio Iglesias Jr.<\/td>\nSinger<\/td>\n43<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Comedian Chelsea Handler turns 41 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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